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Swift Evolution, July 2016
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Submitted by matt_eaton on Sun, 07/17/2016 - 09:16 PM

As a follower and contributor to the Swift language every once and awhile I like to take stock of the latest proposals on Swift Evolution and see what has been accepted, what is in-review, or what has been rejected for the current release of the language.

JSONSerialization.jsonObject Method Call Not Catching Runtime Error In Swift 3.0
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Submitted by matt_eaton on Sun, 07/03/2016 - 03:47 AM

It was brought to my attention the other day at work that Swift's JSONSerialization.jsonObject method was throwing runtime errors inside a do catch statement of type AnyObject and the do catch statement was not catching those errors as expected.

5 Interesting Points About WWDC 2016

Submitted by matt_eaton on Sat, 06/18/2016 - 04:11 AM

This year Apple's World Wide Developer Conference was held in San Francisco from June 13th to the June 17th and there was no shortage of big announcements.

Swift 3.0
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Submitted by matt_eaton on Fri, 06/17/2016 - 03:23 PM

At the time of writing this Swift is the number one language project on Github. Apple is very proud that Swift is open source and I would have to agree that this is an excellent step forward for the language and for Apple. Another great step forward from a language and platform perspective is the ability to run Swift on macOS, iOS, watchOS, tvOS, and Ubuntu Linux.

Profiling Memory Allocations In iOS With Instruments
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Submitted by matt_eaton on Sat, 06/11/2016 - 03:16 AM

Profiling memory allocations in a iOS project is probably one of my favorite things to do when building a project besides coding.

Using Machine Learning To Solve An Algorithm in iOS
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Submitted by matt_eaton on Thu, 06/09/2016 - 02:48 AM

In my most recent adventures in iOS I had a string hashing problem that led me down the road of creating a machine learning algorithm in order to find the correct random hash string I was looking for. Looking back at the solution now, I was able to solve my problem successfully, but the solution I came up with to solve this problem is quite unsettling due to the variable results in time compl

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Matt Eaton Agnostic Development is a blog dedicated to all types of development and coding with a focus on network engineering and advancements in network and system security. Articles on my blog may include research in network security, new technology, technical leadership, and all the things in between.

Today's developers must be well versed in network security and engineering. This blog attempts to take a look at some of the interesting networking topics I am currently researching.